The Winners | #1

I can't believe you guys submitted 55 entries!! That's insane, but thank you so much!! I'm so honoured a huge number of you took part and so glad I got to read such incredible poems.

Sorry it took me so long to announce the winners. Deciding my three favourite from those 55 was more work than I thought it would be haha.

Here’s the link to the prompts for anyone who missed it.

I've included a list of all the entries at the end, but first, let's announce the winners.

1st Place:

This is the perfect mix of raw anger as well as the acceptance that leads to freedom. So powerfully written.

The encouraging hand on the back was a gun.

The words I clung to, poison.

Lies whispered enough become the truth and someone

Was a very good puppet master, tricking me closer to the altar

So I could be blown open and bleed for them

2nd Place:

Mesh is definitely going to be mentioned for centuries to come with names like Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe. Every single one of his poems is a masterpiece, with this being no exception. Words cannot describe how beautiful his writer's voice is.

Because now when you walk into a bar in your raw

denim jacket, the joke’s on them. That you knew

how to love all this time & someday, you will.

3rd Place:

Suze is another whose poems my comments will never do justice. They're just so gorgeously written and addictive to read. This one is perfect.

I try to make my peace with it. You can’t lose a lawn you never had,

but if you want it that badly it may already be lost. And after all,

dandelions grow just as well in parking lots.

The Complete List:

Thanks again to everyone who participated and made it so difficult to choose the winners! Congrats to Silver Serpent Books, Mesh Toraskar, and Suze Kay.